Wheelchair: Greatest floor storming in history

That’s a person in a wheelchair storming the court. Or rolling the court. However you want to look at it. They received some assistance, sure, but with that help the wheelchair was first to center court.

It’s hard to see what happens next, though it looks like the incoming crush of students plows into the wheelchair. Hope that person is OK, but the bravery and hustle has to be commended.

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WRAL’s Derek Medlin spoke to him on the phone. He’s fine, Leslie did help him up and carried him around for a bit, and apparently, there is video from his phone. Said it was “totally worth it”. See: https://twitter.com/derekmedlin

Will Brinson @ Twitter sums it up best, “Best part about wheelchair dude at the State game? Apparently CJ Leslie picked him up and carried him out of harm’s way.” A 21 year old having just won perhaps the biggest game of his life has the fortitude to do what he did speaks volumes about his character. At the age of 21 in the same situation, I do not think I would have responded the same way. Way to go CJ – I mean Calvin.

Highstick, that’s the thing. Unless you’re old, like me, and remember TT&B and the V years (or really old and remember Mr. Case), we haven’t won it before. Those kids storming the court only have real-life memories of Les, HWSNBN and Lowe.

I remember storming the court after victories in the 1982-1987 period I was at NC State. I also recall, although in some type of induced fog, storming the brick yard after every early round NCCA T game in 1983. I have no problem and expected nothing less if that storming the court upon winning this game. In my mind it validates what we have been saying all along and invalidates the dumbasses like Gary Parrish who said we don’t belong and our fans are living in a dream world. Did you see Leslie out there with the student body? What other university fan base could have gone through the 20+ years we did and still have a lost generation totally into NC State BB???

The home team can rush the court whenever the hell they want. It would be great if Gott addressed it and said that as the students of the home team, they can feel free to rush the court after every victory over UNCG if they feel like it, and Gary Parish can kiss our ass.

When I was a student it was a lot of fun rushing Carter Finley and Reynolds and I hope the current students get plenty of chances.